Adrián Vallés

Adrián Vallés Escortell (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish race car driver.

For the pole vaulter, see Adrián Vallés (athlete).

Adrián Vallés
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameAdrián Vallés Escortell
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Teulada, Alicante, Spain
Previous series
2008, 2008–09
2008–09
2008
2006–07
2006, 2008
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001		GP2 Asia Series
Superleague Formula
Le Mans Series
Formula One test driver
GP2 Series
World Series Lights
Spanish F3
Formula Junior 1600 Spain
Formula Nissan 2000
Formula Toyota 1300 Spain
Championship titles
2009
2002		Superleague Formula
Formula Junior 1600 Spain

Career

Vallés was born in Teulada, Alicante. After a strong karting career, he drove in Spanish Formula Three, before moving to the World Series by Nissan in 2004. The series was renamed World Series by Renault in 2005 while he continued in the series, finishing 2nd in the standings with two race wins. In 2006 he started racing in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, and also tested for the MF1 Racing Formula One team on 19 September.[1] The team was bought out by Spyker and on 30 January 2007 Vallés was named the team's official reserve driver.

He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the FMS International team in the GP2 Asia Series. He remained with the team for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Series season, but then switched to BCN Competicion. He elected to miss the final round of the season at Monza to focus on his sportscar commitments.[2] Vallés returned to the GP2 Asia Series, by replacing Chris van der Drift (racing for A1 Team New Zealand at their home round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season at Taupo Motorsport Park) at Trident Racing for the third round of the season in Bahrain.[3] Vallés and van der Drift would later team up to be the drivers for Epsilon Euskadi in the 2009 World Series by Renault season.

Additionally, Vallés has begun a sportscar career in 2008 with Epsilon Euskadi by driving in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.

He moved on to team management in 2013 with his AV Formula team entering the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Arthur Pic and Yann Cunha as their drivers.

Formula One

Adrian took part in testing at Silverstone in September 2006 testing for 2007 team Spyker although at the time they were Midland F1. He was then confirmed at test driver for Midland for 2006. He tested for Spyker in 2007.

On 3 February 2010, the Spanish press said that Adrián Vallés could be the partner of Argentine driver José María López in the USF1 team.[4][5] Later, the Spaniard would not reach an agreement when the American team went bankrupt even before it was created.

Superleague Formula

On 8 November 2009, Valles clinched the 2009 title with a solid fourth place for Liverpool in the final race of the season in Jarama.[6][7]

Racing record
Vallés driving for BCN Competicion at the Magny-Cours round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Formula Toyota 1300 Spain  ? 8 1 2  ? 6  ? 3rd
2002 Formula Junior 1600 Spain Escuela Lois Circuit 12 8 10  ? 11 198 1st
Formula Nissan 2000 Series 6 0 1 0 2 38 10th
2003 World Series Lights Escuela Lois Circuit 16 3 2 2 4 126 4th
Spanish Formula Three Championship Pons Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2004 World Series by Nissan Pons Racing 16 0 0 1 3 46 10th
2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 17 2 1 1 6 116 2nd
2006 GP2 Series Campos Racing 21 0 0 2 1 9 16th
Formula One Spyker MF1 Racing Test Driver
2007 Formula One Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team Test Driver
2008 GP2 Series Fisichella Motor Sport International 18 0 0 1 0 5 21st
GP2 Asia Series 10 0 0 0 1 19 7th
Le Mans Series Epsilon Euskadi 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 12 2 2 1 3 325 4th
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Epsilon Euskadi 8 0 0 0 1 19 17th
Superleague Formula Liverpool F.C. 15 2 0 1 7 412 1st
2010 Superleague Formula Sporting CP 6 0 0 0 0 329 15th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 Pons Racing ZOL
1
6		 ZOL
2
6		 MON
1
3		 VAL
1
4		 VAL
2
2		 LMS
1
13		 LMS
2
7		 BIL
1
10		 BIL
2
6		 OSC
1
5		 OSC
2
7		 DON
1
1		 DON
2
2		 EST
1
Ret		 EST
2
Ret		 MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
2		 2nd 116
2009 Epsilon Euskadi CAT
1
3		 CAT
2
4		 SPA
1
DNS		 SPA
2
Ret		 MON
1
8		 HUN
1
16		 HUN
2
Ret		 SIL
1
12		 SIL
2
14		 BUG
1		 BUG
2		 ALG
1		 ALG
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 ALC
1		 ALC
2		 17th 19

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 Campos Racing VAL
FEA
3		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 IMO
FEA
9		 IMO
SPR
Ret		 NÜR
FEA
Ret		 NÜR
SPR
14		 CAT
FEA
18		 CAT
SPR
16		 MON
FEA
Ret		 SIL
FEA
9		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 MAG
FEA
15		 MAG
SPR
13		 HOC
FEA
18		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
7		 IST
FEA
Ret		 IST
SPR
14		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
11		 18th 7
2008 Fisichella Motor Sport International CAT
FEA
18		 CAT
SPR
11		 21st 5
BCN Competición IST
FEA
10		 IST
SPR
Ret		 MON
FEA
4		 MON
SPR
16		 MAG
FEA
15		 MAG
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
22		 SIL
SPR
14		 HOC
FEA
15		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
19		 VAL
FEA
11		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
13		 SPA
SPR
13		 MNZ
FEA
WD		 MNZ
SPR
WD

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008 FMS International DUB1
FEA
4		 DUB1
SPR
Ret		 SEN
FEA
2		 SEN
SPR
5		 SEP
FEA
Ret		 SEP
SPR
20		 BHR
FEA
5		 BHR
SPR
Ret		 DUB2
FEA
Ret		 DUB2
SPR
10		 7th 19
2008–09 Trident Racing SHI
FEA		 SHI
SPR		 DUB
FEA		 DUB
SPR		 BHR1
FEA
Ret		 BHR1
SPR
19		 LSL
FEA		 LSL
SPR		 SEP
FEA		 SEP
SPR		 BHR2
FEA		 BHR2
SPR		 40th 0

Superleague Formula

(key)

2008–2009

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 Position Points
2008 Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 4th 325
5 3 14 14 1 6 1 12 9 4 7 15
2009 Liverpool F.C. Hitech Junior MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 1st 412
1 6 3 3 6 6 2 9 4 5 7 4

2009 Super Final results
  • Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6
2009 Liverpool F.C.
Hitech Junior Team		 MAG
1		 ZOL
N/A		 DON
DNQ		 EST
3		 MOZ
N/A		 JAR
3

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 Spain Epsilon Euskadi Spain Ángel Burgueño
Spain Miguel Ángel de Castro		 Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd LMP1 189 DNF DNF

References
  1. F1 News > Spyker MF1 reveals third driver roster
  2. "BCN down to one at Monza". crash.net. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. "Trident names new pairing". crash.net. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  4. "Adrián Vallés, el fichaje 'bomba' de la Fórmula 1 - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. Car, Por Redacción; Driver (3 February 2010). "Adrián Vallés, último español con opciones en la F1". Car and Driver (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Liverpool takes title, Galatasaray wins". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  7. "Valles hopes title is first of many". Autosport.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
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